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Doxiadis, Apostolos, 1953-

Uncle Petros and Goldbach's conjecture / Apostolos Doxiadis ; translated into English by the author. - London : Faber, 2001. - 209p. ; 20 cm.

This translation originally published:2000.

Uncle Petros is a family joke. An ageing recluse in a suburb of Athens, playing chess and gardening. His young nephew soon discovers his uncle was once a celebrated mathematician who staked all on solving the problem of Goldbach's Conjecture.


Translation of: O theios Petros kai i eikasia tou Goldbach.

ISBN: 9780571205110 (pbk.) : �6.99

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mathematics--Fiction.
Mathematicians--Greece--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Fiction in translation.

LC Class. No.: PR6054

Dewey Class. No.: 889.334